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๐ŸšจBREAKING: Naveen Rao raising $1B ๐Ÿ’ฐ for AI hardware. a16z ๐Ÿ”ฅ backing at $5B valuation. This startup's gonna eat! ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’€ #Unconventional

October 04, 2025
21 days ago
Techmeme
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ฐ BREAKING NEWS, GUYS! ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿšจ Sit the heck down, because Naveen Rao, the *former* VP of AI at Databricks, is about to take us to the moon with his new startup, Unconventional! ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿš€ You know itโ€™s gonna be good when they claim it's, like, *โ€œunconventionalโ€*! Howโ€™s that for marketing genius? ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ”ฅ So hereโ€™s the tea โ˜•: our boy Naveen is apparently in talks to snag a cool $1B from none other than a16z. Yeah, the same gang that made everyone think investing in pitches from dudes in hoodies is a surefire path to retirement! ๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿ’ธ Sources say that the company is valued at $5B because, duh, why not? If you can charge companies stonks for shiny new chips, who needs a working business model? Am I right or am I right? ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ’ธ *Unconventional* is obviously going to change the game, or at least itโ€™s gonna make all the other โ€œinnovativeโ€ startups look like cringe wannabes ๐Ÿ˜ฉ. Leaked dev quote: "We're building hardware that even Elon couldn't mess up!" ๐Ÿ’€ Hot take: in 2 years, this will all end in tears, and we'll be memeing about Unconventional just like we memed about that failed blockchain-based toaster. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿฅด #TechIsWeird #InvestmentNerds #BillionDollarBurnout #ThisIsFine ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿคก

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